Glove



Nv. 20,1923. f 1,474,573

C. WILKES` Y GLOVE Original Filed Nov. 20, 1922 Patented Nov. 1923.

CLARENCE H. WILKRS, or GILOvRRsvILLn, NRW` YORK,

iissrCrNoR To LOCK-EDGE MACHINE CORPORATION, or GLOvRRsvILLR, NEW YORK, A OORPORATON OF NEW YORK.

Application lel November 20,1922.' 'Serial` No'. 602,232.

` T0 all whom it may concern): Y

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. WILKEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have `invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves and I do hereby declareqthe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thel same, reference being had to the accompanyling drawings, forming part of this specification. Y

This invention relates to gloves and par ticularly to the seams for fitting up and for closing the fingers. The object of the pres-V entinvention is to provide a glove in which the lingers are closed in such manner as to form a flat seam of neat appearance and one which will not ravel out even though one or vmore of the threads forming the seam should be broken.

At the present time there are four methods. of closing the fingers of gloves, namely: out-seam, wherein a ridge is formed beyond the line of stitching; in-seam,

" wherein the glove is sewn while wrong side out andthen turned placing the ridge inside ofthe glove where it will not be seen; overstitching, wherein .the two raw edges are whipped, over or crocheted with a chain stitch, this stitching almost invariably being made Ona cup machine; and pique, which forms a flat seam made withy a single needle, the stitching.,` therefore, being 'of the chain type, which will rip to avery considerable extent, shoulda single thread be broken'.

In addition to the above thereare post type sewing machines which will close the lingers of gloves with either a chain 0r a lock stitch, the'latter being quite rare but y well shown in Patent No.' l1,040,430, granted to me January 7, 1913." The v'glove ofthe present invention is a very material advance in the artrover 1a glove' made by the machine of the patent cited in that in the present `glove no free edge is left to become turned over so that 'it will quickly become soiled and dirty; furthermore, the stitching will not ravel out in a glove made in accordance with the present invention even though one or more of the threads of the seam should lbecome broken, this advantage being due to the locking of each of the twin needle s titchings and the further locking of the longitudinal stitchings by the one or mor cover threads, when the latter are used.

` In this preferredftypel of seam evenkrip inthe glove, as.v the remaining lock stitch seam, reinforced a-s it is by the two In vthe drawingsy; Y c v Figure 1 is a view-'of a glove madeinaeoordance with.V the present invention.E `v FigL2 isa view Of the "stitching inAV lits preferred for1nusing.twocover threads.

Fig. 8 isV asimilarvview, :but omitting the two cover threads. ,y v v Fig. 4 is a view on line 4 4: of Fig. 2L Y "f Fig. 5 yis a view on line 5-`5ofFi`g.-` 2. The seam by I which theV gloveof the present invention is made is itselfne'w and the machine V.for making this'stitch is cov. ered in my copending application Serial. No. f 607,380, filed December 16, 1922. This stitch is formed in' a single operation on a post type machine having two needles working vertically within the post, thethread from` each of theY twin needles cooperating'with a seam by means of simultaneously operating f loopers, the cover threads/each extending alternately to the sidesof the two parallel lock-stitch seams 'and inl addition crossing each other between the lock-stitchl seams in A an X formation, as seen in Fig. 2.-V

though Vone of the needley threads and its" cooperating bobbin thread should lbe cut, or broken, the stitching would'. notl ravel out to such an extent Las to cause even'a small coverv threads, would effectively prevent the formation of a hole. jf

Thefglove 'is inL generalV of lthe usual 'type' having a body 1 0 with the customary :integral lingers 11 andan inserted thumb""l2 The closing seam :14 of the lthumb and the seam l'which joinsY thefingers of the body 'l to their forgings 17' are of the type shownjin Fig. 2, as vis Vthe linger closing and side seamv 1,8, and the various gusset or q'uirk seams. It is preferable, in generahhowever, to hem the glove as at 20, with a single lock-thread stitch, if afacing is used. f

Referring now to Fig. 2, nl andal are the two needle threads and b1 and b2 are the cooperating bobbin threads, the latter, as previously mentioned being applied to the goods from above while the needle threads are applied from beneath, that is through the post. The looper threads 1 and 12 areY parallel to the lock-stitch threads for a por- 'tion ot' their extent, as for example at 22 vleather or other material, are spaced "apart,

ythereby to hold more effectively the raw edge oi the outer lap of the material. As will-be seen froinFig. 5, the stitching 26 extends through both of the piecesoi material, while the stitching 27 extends only through the bottom or inner lap, the raw edge 30 0iwhich, in the finished glovev eX- tends ysomewhat beyond the stitching 26 and is subjectto thefsame :turning over as is the usual outside edge, but sincey the edge 3() is invariably'insid'e the glove, 'this does not detract in anyway from the appearance of the finished article.

Sincethe positioning of the stitching 2T tight to the raw edge 25 of the outer lap oi' the material issecured either by a gage or bythe positioning otthe side-by-sider twin needles, itvwouldwnot be possible to form a fla-t seam with a locked-inraw edge'by rel sewing a glove closed with a single stitch enen if it were posible 'to re-sew a flat'iinger closing sea1n,: a feat' which to my knowledge, has-not yetbeen accomplished.

f While the use of'two crossed cover threads isf'much preferred, neither or--bothare essential,` and affvery satisfactory glove be made bythe" use of theour-thre'ad seam made by the t'winv needles,such a sea-m being` shown in-Figzf 3, whichinay be considered1 as avmodiication of the: preferred seam.'

4@dVhat is claimedfis:

l. A glove characterized'by theiinger closingfseam being Hat and Aformed by two independent rows of stitching and a cover thread, -said independentlrows of stitching as they appear on the inside of the glove being in stitches ositionedv lonsfitiidinallv only 'ciI the seamandsaid cover-thread being4 positioned on the outside of .the glove oi'ilv and crossing the raw yedge of the outer lap ofe the Vmaterial as said cover thread passesj alternately from' onel of Said independent rows of stitching to the other, whereby a seam is formed having no stitching on the inside surface of the glove positioned transversely to the line of the seam. v i

2. A glove characterized by the `linger closing seam being flat and vformed by two independent parallel rows of locked stitching one on each side of the raw edgek of the outer lap oithe material, and a cover thread,

Vsaid cover thread crossing the raw edge of said outer lap as said cover thread passes from one" rowtofloclr stitching to the other,

one thread only of each independent row 'jot locked stitching appearing on 'theinside of the glove with the individual stitchesy oit each last mentioned threads lyingV longitudinally only ofthe sea.1n,".and ,saidr cover thread appearing entirely on "the outside of the gloire, whereby Seam isior'med yhaving noltransverse stitching on the inside surface oi'the' glove'! i i n 3.- A glove `characterifaed by; the finger Y closing seam being datand formed two independent parallel rows of locked Stitching positioned onlopposite sides of the raw edge ofthe otiterlap ofthe'linaterial,and

by a cover thread 'passing over the raw edge ofthe 'outer Ilap 'oi the' material and being locked in 'placle fby'each of said ,rows 'of stitching, whereby tl'ie'raw edge "ofthe outer lap oithe material' is neatly and effectively retained bythe cover thread adjacentfwheife said cover thread is locked in placeby the row ot 'stitching nearest theraw edge of the 'outside lap, the cover'thread stitching being locatedon the vexteriorof the glove'.

4. A' glove"characterized `by"the llinger closing seam being fiati-and beingiorgn'ied two independent parallel rows' of locked stitching positioned on opposite sides of one` raw edge oi:` theoute'r 'lap of' the in'aterialV and a pluralityoiico'ver threads lockedin place on the material eaehoi' said parallel rows oflocked stitching, the cover` threads crossiiighne another between the twoxrow's of 'locked' stitching but being spaced apart where ythey 4cross 'the 'rawv edge 'of Vthe mate-V rial,- whereby the raw edge of theouter lap oli the material isfneatly and cecztiively"re-- tained by the'co'ver threads adjzac'eiitvwhere they are lockediin place byV the row oit' stitching nefarest'tne raw fredge ,of the oui:-` side lap, theco'ver thread stitching beingz located on theeiterioriolf the glove;

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